Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) Insider Lynda Shillaw Buys 17,291 Shares

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw acquired 17,291 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.26) per share, with a total value of £30,086.34 ($39,139.25).

Harworth Group Price Performance

HWG stock opened at GBX 170.50 ($2.22) on Thursday. Harworth Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 125 ($1.63) and a 1 year high of GBX 195 ($2.54). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88, a current ratio of 2.59 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The firm has a market capitalization of £561.32 million, a PE ratio of 11.24 and a beta of 0.74. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 165.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 171.53.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 17.70 ($0.23) earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a return on equity of 7.75% and a net margin of 52.25%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Harworth Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 24th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.13 ($0.01) per share. This is a boost from Harworth Group’s previous dividend of $0.49. This represents a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. Harworth Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 13.18%.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments.